This is a Braves blog, of course, so you might wonder what inspires me to discuss Josh Tomlin’s last three years (2019-2021) in the majors, his time with the Braves in which he accumulated -0.5 WAR, But no. I’m going to discuss his brother from another mother, Mike Tomlin, who left the Pittsburgh Steelers today after compiling a regular season record of 193-114-2 and won a Super Bowl, but even including that magical year, had an overall playoff record of 8-12 and lost his last seven playoff games coached.
Mike Tomlin was in Pittsburgh, and coached football, but he is in many ways the Bobby Cox of football, and he garnered similar loyalty from the guys who played for him.